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FSP Aurum 700W Power Supply Review
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 With four Hybrid Synergy 12V rails, 105 °C Japanese made primary capacitors, MIA (Multiple Intelligence Ability) processor, active PFC (power factor correction), 80 Plus Gold certification (over 90% efficiency) and a five-year warranty the Aurum series of power supply units manufactured by the FSP Group maybe small in size but they are a force to be reckoned with.
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Intel 510 Series 250GB SSD Review
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"Today we have a sample of Intel's new 510 series SSD connected to our test system. The latest range from Intel brings their SSD platform right up to date with high end specifications and today we will find out how it compares to models such as Crucials C300, Corsairs F240 and even the OCZ Vertex 3 in a selection of synthetic and real world tests."
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6990 4GB dual Cayman GPU
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Sure, AMD impressed everyone with the recent release of the Radeon HD
6990 4GB dual Cayman GPU graphics card, but we all know that NVIDIA is
going to respond with the GTX 590 dual-GPU card at some point. But it
looks like the gang at EVGA are tired of waiting as well and went
ahead and built a combo-card that puts a pair of GeForce GTX 460 GPUs
on a single PCB. Yes, 460s not 560s - obviously this a project that
was made cheaper by using the widely available previous generation
components.
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Seagate 1TB Constellation.2 ST91000640NS Review
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The 1TB Constellation.2 isn’t going to break any speed records
with 115MB/s read and write but it brings to the table a unique set of
features. Let’s start with the fact that by maintaining platter disks
it makes these drives relatively affordable at just over $200 for a
whopping 1TB enterprise quality space using SATA 6Gb/s interface. The
6Gb/s interface doesn’t boost the speed up too much but we do see small
advantages over SATA 3Gb/s.
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ioSafe SoloPRO USB 3.0 1TB Disaster Proof External Hard Drive
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One of the biggest reasons why you may choose to have an external hard drive is so that you can make backup copies of all your critical data. This gives you peace of mind in case the hard drive in your primary computer happens to crash. How, then, can you get peace of mind if your home or office happen to catch on fire?
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Logitech M570 Wireless Trackball
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While "ergonomic mice" have been hogging the limelight recently, the fact still remains that there was one peripheral that was, is and probably always will be the gold standard against which all ergonomic devices are measured: the trackball. The lowly trackball really doesn't get as much credit as it deserves and most people think of "cheap arcade games" when they think of examples of trackballs. This really is a crying shame as nothing is more ergonomic and nothing is easier to use for extended periods than a good trackball. When it comes to manufactures of trackball's one manufacture really stands above the rest and that manufacture is Logitech. Logitech has been making kick ass trackballs for decades now and their latest the M570 is not only an ergonomic trackball it adds additional buttons and useful wireless abilities into the mix. So how good is this new Logitech M570 trackball and does it live up to Logitech's sterling reputation? Read on to find out in my full review.
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Enermax Aeolus Premium CP003 review
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Enermax is best known for its series of power supplies but over the years the Taiwanese company has branched out into several other product categories. Named after the Greek god of wind, the company's Aeolus laptop cooling pads promise enough airflow to keep your laptop at a cooler temperature. The latest addition to Enermax's Aeolus lineup is the Aeolus Premium CP003, a premium laptop cooler designed for systems of up to 17".
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ASUS P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard Review
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"The ASUS P8P67 Deluxe is a feature loaded mainboard supporting the latest Sandy Bridge processors. The ASUS P8P67 Deluxe motherboard uses a 16+2 phase DIGI+ VRM design and fully supports Intel’s VRD12 specifications. There are three PCI Express x16 slots on the ASUS P8P67 Deluxe motherboard as well as a PLX PEX8608 chip onboard adding 8 additional PCI Express lanes so that the bandwidth is not impacted when USB 3.0 and SATA3 6Gbps devices are used while the PCI-E x16 slots are fully populated."
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ZOTAC GeForce GTX 560Ti AMP! Edition DirectX 11 Video Card Review
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"The Zotac GTX 560 Ti AMP! is a heavily pre-overclocked video card. The Zotac GTX 560 Ti AMP! Edition’s core clock weighs in at 950 MHz, 128 more from the stock 822 MHz. The Zotac GTX 560 Ti’s memory clock also gets bumped up from 4004 MHz to 4400 MHz. All Zotac GTX 560 Ti AMP! Edition video cards are equipped with hand-picked, high quality components and has 2 to 4 times the PCB layer of a standard GTX 560 Ti for better overclocking stability. A key code for Ubisoft’s upcoming PC release version of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood is included with the Zotac GTX 560 Ti AMP! Edition so gamers have a fresh new game to test their latest cards with."
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Gigabyte GA-E350N-USB3 Mini-ITX Motherboard Review
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"The Gigabyte GA-E350N-USB3 is Gigabyte's first attempt at the Brazos platform. The GA-E350N-USB3 is on the upper tier of the Brazos line, featuring the E350 processor. This CPU is dual core clocked at 1.6Ghz and has 1MB L2 cache. Paired on the same die is a Radeon HD 6310. This GPU is clocked at 500MHz and has 80 stream processors. On the board we get all of the usual Gigabyte features as well. There's the 2x copper PCB to reduce electrical waste and improve signal quality. Installed are 50,000hr. Japanese solid state capacitors. Gigabyte includes their 3/3/3 technology, which means USB 3.0, SATA3, and 3x powered USB ports. The extra power to the USB ports allows greater stability, compatibility, and the auto charge feature."
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Kingston SSDNow V100 128GB SSD Review
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"Priced at $240 for the drive and desktop upgrade kit, the Kingston SSDNow V100 128GB SSD falls in the middle of the pack in terms of price in comparison to its peers. It's available in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacities with notebook and desktop upgrade kits available for all three sized drives as well. The 128GB desktop bundle version we received offers read speeds topping out at 250MB/s and writes at up to 230MB/s and is covered by a three year warranty...."
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Pushing The Limits of SSD Storage at 2.4GB/s
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A few months ago someone mentioned that setting up additional RAID configurations was not possible with an OCZ REVO drive installed. It brought forward an interesting idea that we finally have had a chance to play with as we like to retain SSDs in order to include them in future testing. This article displays the Gigabyte P67A-UD7 motherboard running 3 RAID 0 configurations, these being the OCZ Revo x2, OCZ Revo and LSI 9260-8i MegaRAID card running 8 x Micron C300 SSDs. In total, there are 18 SSDs and one hard drive active in the system, two of which are mPCIe cards and one even being a USB 3 SSD.
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Intel Gallium3D Graphics Driver Performance
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"While Intel remains to be the only major graphics vendor
standing strong behind their classic Mesa driver on Linux for
open-source support rather than drawing up plans to move to the
Gallium3D driver architecture, there is actually available a Gallium3D
driver available for Intel hardware. This Intel Gallium3D driver has
been around since close to Gallium3D's inception, but it targets the
older generations of Intel IGPs and was developed by VMware as a proof
of concept. The driver is incomplete, but our testing shows that for
those with Intel 945 netbooks and other hardware, the "i915g" driver is
usable. In this article are benchmarks showing how this Intel Gallium3D
driver compares to Intel's officially supported classic Mesa DRI driver."
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MSI P67A-GD65 Review
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With the P67A-GD65, MSI shows a motherboard which defines the
entry point into their high-end classe. Therefore the manufacturer
wants to convince with a good mix of price, performance and features.
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News: Hitachis Deskstar 7K3000 3TB hard drive
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Hard drive makers have been slow to release new models with three-terabyte capacities. Hitachi was the first to reach 3TB with a 7 200-RPM desktop model and we`ve tested it against a full house of over 30 different drives to see how the 7K3000 compares."
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